Hint
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Answer
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A – 1979 science fiction horror film and the disgusting creature eventually killed by Ellen Ripley
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Alien
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B – the largest city on the Indochinese Peninsula
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Bangkok
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C – a body part, or something in which a pirate might put a treasure (not a body part in this case)
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Chest
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D – explorer/pirate Sir Francis, or Canadian rapper who was Spotify’s most-streamed artist in the 2010s
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Drake
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E – what customers most likely do at Europe’s oldest still working company, St. Peter Stiftskulinarium (founded 803 CE)
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Eat
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F – Fred and Wilma who have a pet dinosaur
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The Flintstones
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G – Seinfeld’s best friend, or someone numbered III who was declared insane (although speaking nonsense for 58 hours might today just be called “politics”)
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George
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H – late singer Whitney, or how those heading for the Moon addressed NASA
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Houston
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I – the first country to have a female president followed by another female president
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Ireland
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J – a mechanical device used to raise an object, or first name of actor Black (“The School of Rock”)
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Jack
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K – he had a dream
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Martin Luther King
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L – country with a name that means “light stone”
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Liechtenstein
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M – possibly the greatest football (soccer) player that lived, first name Diego
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Maradona
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N – ballet by Tchaikovsky with dolls, toy soldiers and a Mouse King with multiple heads
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Nutcracker
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O – since 1896, nothing can prevent this event from taking place regularly, except World Wars and Covid-19
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Olympic Games
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P – from Volcan Baru, the highest point of this country, you can see the sun rise over the Pacific Ocean and set on the Atlantic
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Panama
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Q – in 007 films, the head of the research and development division of the British Secret Service
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Q
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R – robbery in Dutch, or where the fiddler is in the musical
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Roof
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S – pop singer Taylor (“Shake It Off”), or the author Jonathan (“Gulliver’s Travels”)
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Swift
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T – first name of Sir Berners-Lee who invented the World Wide Web
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Tim
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U – a number in Italian, or a card game with cards such as “Wild,” “Skip,” “Draw Two” and “Reverse”
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Uno
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V – the French “Father of Science Fiction”, who predicted submarines and Moon landing (but going to the centre of the Earth remains science fiction)
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Jules Verne
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W – what Sumerians invented – and the rest is history (literally)
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Writing
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X – action film starring Vin Diesel as a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy
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xXx
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Y – first name of Canadian author Martel who wrote the Man Booker Prize winning novel “Life of Pi”
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Yann
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Z – the capital of Croatia
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Zagreb
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